Word: stretch
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...industrial stretch of flatlands east of Pisa, Cascina is hardly the postcard Italy of undulating olive groves. With an auto-parts store behind the cemetery and the stripped face of a gravel mine in the distance, the burial service last week somehow seemed more Texan than Tuscan. Summers was wearing a pink Wrangler cowboy shirt and black pants inside the closed white coffin now pulled beside the back of the black Mercedes hearse...
...Harvard’s victory was keyed by a crucial stretch of strong defense early in the second half. LIU erased a 44-39 halftime deficit with a quick 8-3 run to open the period, getting a pair of hook shots from forward Kellen Allen and then tying the game on guard Tyrone Mattison’s steal and breakaway layup, but the Crimson quickly returned the favor...
...very careful because he’s very young and does not have much experience,” she said. “To project yourself to the presidency after two years in the United States Senate after having been a state senator is a real stretch and he could hurt himself badly.” Whitman was more optimistic about the chances of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, noting that he “has a real chance of winning” traditionally blue states like New York and New Jersey. “If you look...
...footprint, above a harbor-side promenade. The traditional neoclassical museum entrance is inverted: two sweeping sets of steps rise from the open water to meet the museum, but imposing marble is replaced by warm wood and they are better suited to picnics than processions.When completed, the promenade should stretch the length of the harbor, though currently only the section adjacent to the museum is finished. Underneath the massive cantilever, the space is not cavernous, as it threatens to be when seen from afar, but intimate—an effect achieved through the repeated use of wood planking to cover...
...football and you also have the excitement that is the NCAA basketball tournament to look forward to. Sure, the Ivy League sends its own annual rep to the Big Dance, but let’s be honest: We’re not going to play any fourteen-game stretch better than Penn or Princeton, so the regular season title is out of the question. And as the sole Division I conference without a conference tournament to conclude our basketball season, our dream of getting blown out by a college basketball powerhouse is dashed...